RR300
I forgot – the balance shaft, yes, it works
very nicely. I recall a ride on the RR300 a
couple of years ago and while I marvelled
in the ridiculous traction that bike found, it
felt pretty, er, simple? It vibrated and made
a fair bit of noise. I couldn’t argue with
its performance, but it was a kind of bare
bones experience after riding a TPi. The new
counter-balancer really takes that edge off,
civilises the two-strokes (along with the oil
injection – no premixing). Again, in previous
years I’ve found the chassis set-up with Betas
a bit unusual and on something as potent
as the RR300 that can be an issue. But now,
especially with the suspension dialled in for
faster riding, the feeling for the bike is much
more modern and confidence inspiring, for
the amateur rider particularly. That world
champion chap Steve Holcombe flies on his
RR300, and riding this bike you can see why.
For a 300 it’s relatively easy to ride, yet still
flies and there isn’t a cliff it can’t climb.
The feeling for the 300 is much more
modern and confidence inspiring
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